Snapped Shot

The names are coming in—Earlier bloggers called him "Hand Gesture Man," and LGF'ers seem to prefer "Rageman" (Leaps over "apartheid" barriers at a mile a minute?). Aussie Dave made me laugh the hardest, though, with his suggestion: Hairstyle Man. Don't mess with the power of mousse, man!

Wow, there are some nice high-resolution photographs, many of which I haven't seen in the Getty archives, over at Dutch blog Geenstijl.

It's OFFICIAL: the Photoshop Contest is on!

What is it about the Jihad-supporting world that attracts such virulent displays of always-available-on-command anger? We've seen travelling rage shows all the world over, and have even been introduced to the most famous professional protester in the world, and yet, no matter how many times such professional outragists (not to be confused with "bloggers") are unveiled as the professional puppets that they are, there always appear more.

Here's the latest example of Professional Raging, from the Palestinian territory, which we noticed a week or so ago:—He is frighteningly reminiscent of a particularly angry gym teacher we had back in 7th grade. Rooster, you remember who I'm talking about?

I'm betting that the photo above came straight from AFP photographer Abbas Momani's best stack of Pulitzer padding material, as it shows a very "oppressed" Palestinian, enraged at the treatment supposedly being given to him by the evil Israeli Defence Forces.

Could his rage be too good to be true?

Lo and behold, shortly after posting the Rage Boy: Palestine article, I received an e-mail from a couple of fellow bloggers who have been tracking this guy too, and from the looks of things, he's been at it a while. And that led me to discover once again, that the world will never have quite enough manufactured rage.

I immediately contacted longtime "friend" Mohammed Muheisen (who has actually become quite cordial towards this website as of late), and asked him if he knew anything about the gentleman pictured, and for Mr. Momani's contact information. Muhammed said that he's seen the protester on the photo wires, but didn't know anything more about him.

I then passed my request for information on to Abbas Momani himself, to see if I could get to the bottom of exactly who is this ragin' non-Cajun—as opposed to this guy—that he seems to be so fascinated by. Continue reading »